10 Steps in the Making of a Movie: Photoplay (March 1928) Part 3

Ten Steps in the Making of a Movie

Not a camera has ground yet. Nor can any real filming begin until Van Nest Polglanze completes the designs for the settings

The carpenters, under the supervision of Harry Strite, play the overture of the film with hammers and saws

Tay Malarky, in the cutting room, separates the good shots from the bad and assembles the film to be first shown in the projection room before the staff, so that any necessary changes, revisions or re-takes may be made

And here is the whole gang, from prop boy to director, hard at it, while directly opposite is what they are shooting at and what you will see in the film